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• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  NCSC CEO: Why we should run towards crises to elevate cyber security

  National Cyber Security Centre CEO Lindy Cameron, the 2022 Computer Weekly UKtech50 Most Influential Person in UK IT, reflects on a career immersed in crisis management, and how she is using this to elevate cyber security standards across the country

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  Government rejects Lords police tech inquiry recommendations

  The government has largely rejected the findings and recommendations of a House of Lords inquiry into police tech, which called for an overhaul of how police deploy artificial intelligence and algorithmic technologies

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  ICO to cut back on fines for public sector data breaches

  Information commissioner John Edwards sets out a revised approach to how the ICO handles data breaches in the public sector, saying fining victims risks punishing the public twice over

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Government sets NHS digital transformation plan

  The government expects to save billions of pounds and improve patient outcomes through digital transformation

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Urgent need for new laws to govern biometrics, legal review finds

  Independent review says new framework is needed to clear up legal and ethical concerns over the use of biometric data and technologies, which can impact privacy, freedom of expression and other human rights

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  New cyber extortion op appears to have hit AMD

  Semiconductor specialist AMD has confirmed it is investigating reports that a ‘bad actor’ has stolen hundreds of gigabytes of its data

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Digital Poverty Alliance unveils evidence review

  Evidence review into the state of digital poverty in the UK sets out policy principles and recommendations, which will be used as the basis for a national action plan to eliminate the issue

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Executive interview: Chris Conradi, chief digital officer, FSN Capital

  Chris Conradi is taking his learnings at Google into the private equity industry at Norway’s FSN Capital

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Veritas aims at autonomous backup discovery and provisioning

  Veritas bets on a backup platform that can discover all enterprise data – on-premise and in the cloud – and make its own decisions about the optimal place to store copies

• June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

  Commercial cyber products must be used responsibly, says NCSC CEO

  NCSC’s Lindy Cameron is to speak out on responsible regulation of cyber capabilities at an event in Tel Aviv, Israel

• June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

  Brexit a net negative for UK cyber, say CISOs

  Six years on from the UK’s Brexit vote, the majority of security professionals say leaving the EU has raised concerns over their ability to keep their organisations safe

• June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

  China’s Cyclone Robotics eyes APAC market

  One of China’s largest suppliers of robotic process automation software has made a foray into Asia-Pacific, leveraging its bot management and ‘human-in-the-loop’ capabilities

• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  Black Basta ransomware crew aiming for ‘big leagues’

  Emergent Black Basta ransomware gang has hit more than 50 countries since bursting onto the scene earlier this year, says Cybereason

• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  Weka scale-out NAS v4 goes beyond just AWS to go multicloud

  Weka v4’s multicloud capability means the scale-out NAS file system can work across customer datacentres and public clouds that include AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  SolarWinds unveils new development model to avoid a repeat of Sunburst

  SolarWinds has unveiled a new, secure-by-design software development model to protect itself from a repeat of the infamous 2020 cyber attack on its systems, and serve as a blueprint for the industry

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Simon Liste, chief information technology officer, Pension Protection Fund

  While aspects of the PPF’s three-year digital transformation plan were delayed by the pandemic, the organisation is now pressing ahead with widespread improvements to IT

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  How TDCX is building a people-centric business

  Every digital tool deployed by the Singapore-based services firm is aimed at augmenting the performance and experience of its employees, says TDCX’s group CIO, Byron Fernandez

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Government won’t regulate on professional cyber standards

  The government has elected not to proceed with regulatory intervention to embed standards and pathways across the cyber profession

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Norwegian recruiters struggle to keep up with demand for IT specialists

  The growing importance of IT in all industries, along with a shortage in skills, make for an excellent high-tech job market for candidates in Norway

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  CNI leaders’ attitude to ransomware lackadaisical at best

  A survey of security decision-makers in sectors regarded as critical national infrastructure reveals a disappointing attitude to ransomware threats

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, CIO, Saïd Business School

  After seven years in the job, there are still fresh challenges for the IT leader, including a second digital strategy to deliver

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Tribunal rules in favour of HMRC as it pursues umbrella company for £11m in unpaid tax

  Umbrella firm Exchequer Solutions said it plans to appeal against the outcome of a First-Tier Tribunal, which claims it owes in excess of £11m in unpaid tax relating to its handling of contractor expenses

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Lords move to protect cyber researchers from prosecution

  A cross-party group in the House of Lords has proposed an amendment to the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill that would address concerns about security researchers or ethical hackers being prosecuted in the course of their ...

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Complex Russian cyber threat requires we go back to basics

  The situation in Russia is anything but simple, but it is the fundamentals of cyber security hygiene that pose the best defence against the country’s digital threat, as Mandiant’s Jamie Collier explains

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  Tech sector sustainability efforts need full ecosystem approach

  Reorienting the tech sector around collaboration rather than competition and reassessing the industry’s conventional wisdom around economic growth is essential to improving sustainability on the timescale needed, London Tech Week attendees are told

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  Government responds to Data Reform Bill consultation

  Westminster claims its new data laws will boost British benefits, protect consumers, and seize the ‘benefits’ of Brexit

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  MoD sets out strategy to develop military AI with private sector

  The UK Ministry of Defence has outlined its intention to work closely with the private sector to develop and deploy a range of artificial intelligence-powered technologies, committing to ‘lawful and ethical AI use’

• June 16, 2022 16 Jun'22

  Loan charge MPs want contractor adviser community to participate in latest call for evidence

  Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness All-Party Parliamentary Group seeks input from accountants, lawyers and tax advisers who work with contractors in-scope of the loan charge policy

• June 16, 2022 16 Jun'22

  TalkTalk hacker Daniel Kelley gives up his black hat for good

  After serving a four-year prison sentence for his role in the 2015 TalkTalk hack and other cyber offences, Daniel Kelley now wants to pursue a legitimate cyber security career

• June 16, 2022 16 Jun'22

  Dundee security research centre opens with support from SBRC

  An £18m hub at Abertay University in Dundee forms the centrepiece of Scotland’s first security research cluster

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  $2k to access your organisation on the dark web

  Dark web brokers will sell access to company networks and systems for an average of $2,000 to $4,000

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  Patch Tuesday dogged by concerns over Microsoft vulnerability response

  The last Patch Tuesday in its current form is overshadowed by persistent concerns about how Microsoft deals with vulnerability disclosure

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  UK tech job opportunities at 10-year high

  Rapid adoption of digital technology, along with the sector’s growing success, has driven tech hiring to heights not seen since the London Olympics

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  Public sector bodies accused of freezing out SME IT consultancies over IR35 compliance fears

  After details emerged about the multimillion-pound tax bills and penalties some public sector organisations have incurred due to IR35 compliance failings, it is claimed some government departments are cutting their SME consultancy partners loose

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Morten Holm Christiansen, Haldor Topsoe

  There’s no point digitising if there is no benefit to the customer, says the Danish chemicals giant’s head of IT

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  MS Azure Synapse vulnerability fixed after six-month slog

  Microsoft patched a critical Azure Synapse vulnerability twice, but each time the researcher who discovered it was able to bypass it with ease, leading to a lengthy saga

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  Swedish recruiters prepare for a tsunami of AI projects

  Several programmes are underway in Sweden to attract and retain AI talent to meet a swelling demand in the job market

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  UK, US prepare to launch PET project

  A transatlantic prize challenge to accelerate development of privacy-enhancing technologies is set to begin

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  Government recommits to UK’s cyber future in Digital Strategy

  New strategy leans heavily on cyber security but stops short of announcing any initiatives that have not already been launched or heavily trailed

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  New warning over tech suppliers in thrall to hostile governments

  Ukraine war could lead to shakeup of dual-use tech exports, says former UK intelligence officer

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  Health data strategy to exorcise ghosts of GPDPR

  Government publishes a revised data in health strategy, with an emphasis firmly on preserving the integrity and privacy of patients’ confidential information

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  What’s new about the new digital government strategy?

  There’s a new plan for improving the UK’s digital public services – and we’ve heard a lot of it before. But among all the hyperbole, there is a welcome realism in the latest approach to transforming government

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  Qatar bolsters cyber security in preparation for World Cup

  With hackers honing their cyber weapons to target the upcoming football World Cup, Qatar is busy developing countermeasures and raising awareness

• June 10, 2022 10 Jun'22

  Snake Keylogger climbing malware charts, says Check Point

  Cyber criminals behind Snake Keylogger campaigns have been switching up their tactics in the past few weeks, say researchers

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Yiannis Levantis aims at total quality for Unipart IT

  Unipart has a heritage in quality manufacturing and services that CIO Yiannis Levantis is building on, in part by harnessing SAP’s cloud-based business transformation service Rise

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  UK government promises £1bn savings from latest digital strategy

  Three-year roadmap aims to transform online public services, targeting 50 top services for improvement – but contains much that has been previously promised in the past

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  SolarWinds CEO offers to commit staffers to government cyber agencies

  A new proposal from SolarWinds’ outspoken CEO, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, could see software companies commit key staff to work with government cyber agencies to improve cooperation and incident response

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  Trade body calls for public-private sector collab on digital ID

  TechUK has published a report outlining 10 key recommendations it believes are urgently needed to enable the rapid creation of an effectively regulated digital identity marketplace

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  China using top consumer routers to hack Western comms networks

  An advisory from US cyber authorities shares details of multiple vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state actors to hack into Western telecoms networks

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  Pure FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex boost as-a-service push

  FlashBlade//S brings two new arrays in which customers can upgrade controllers and capacity, while //Flex allows capacity to be bought and moved across any QLC or TLC Pure array